Toy



y 1941- P. c. AUREN ETAL 2,240,746

TOY

Filed Aug. 29, 1940 MQAqa'e/z.

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Patented May 6, 1941 TOY Philip C. Auren and Philip Fierer, Worcester,

Application August 29, 1940, Serial No. 354,747

Claims.

This invention relates to a toy or game apparatus, and more particularly to a toy or game of the return ball type.

Objects of the invention include the provision of a hollow tapered receiver like a cone of heavy cardboard or other material having a roughened surface, a handle at the small end of the cone, and a ball attached to the cone by an elastic member, such that the ball when thrown or tossed either by hand or by means of the cone will return to the vicinity thereof; the provision of a return-ball cone-shaped toy having a connection to a handle therefor of simple design which is inexpensive to manufacture and yet which is extremely strong and will not pull apart under ordinary usage; and the provision of such a toy the object of which isto receive the ball in the cone.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is a side elevation of a toy or game apparatus embodying the present invention, and show-. ing how the toy is adapted to be held in the hand;

Fig. 2 is a view of the lower end of the cone, with part in section;

Fig. 3 is a view of the handle with part in section;

Fig. 4 is a view partly in section showing the plug for connection of the cone and handle; and

Fig. 5 is a section showing the connection between the cone and the handle.

The numeral HI indicates a preformed hollow tapered receiver or cone having a large open end it; and a small open end M. The cone is preferably made of a heavy cardboard or similar material and is roughened inside and out by a plurality of minute alternate raised and depressed portions, as indicated at i6. Near the open end of the cone, an elastic or similar material band i3 is attached as by a metal clip 20, and this band has a rubber ball 22 secured thereto at its otherend. The band l8 passes entirely thru the ball and is held thereto by a knot 24 at the end of the band. The band does not run diametrically thru the ball, but to one side of the center thereof, so that the mass of the ball is to one side of the band, producing an eccentric action when the ball returns under influence of the band, and making it more difiicult to catch the ball in the cone.

The handle comprises a turned generally cylindrical wooden element 26 having a central end bore 23 therein. The bore is of a diameter less than the diameter of the handle at that end, so that an annular shoulder 30 is produced. This shoulder is adapted to abut the annular end I4 of the cone, so that the latter and the handle do not overlap.

A plug 32 is employed to connect the cone and handle, and this plug is provided with a cylindrical boss 34 made to fit the bore 223. From the boss, the plug rises and widens in cone form at 36 to correspond to the inside surface of the cone l0, and a bore is provided at 38.

In the manufacture of the device, the plug is dipped in glue and placed in the cone so that its boss extends from the end M. A tool may be used to engage bore 38 for this purpose. The handle is then forced over the boss, and the glue unites the plug to the handle and to the cone. As the handle is moved up on the boss, excess glue will be forced out and run around the shoulder 30, thus uniting the handle and cone at the abu ment.

It will be seen that the joint produced is very tight and strong as the cone cannot be pulled back ofi the handle unless the plug comes also, as the cone-shaped area 36 of the plug acts as an annular Wedge. Since the boss 34 and bore 28 just fit, the plug is held to the handle by friction as well as by glue. It has been determined that the cone will break before the joint will give. It is also to be observed that the rough interior of the cone will provide a surface by which the ball may be wedged in the cone, but since the ball must necessarily rest on the high points or protuberances of the surface, and will not be wedged in a continuous unbroken line, it is easy to dislodge the ball by merely tapping the cone or grasping the handle and giving the cone a more or less sharp swinging motion, by which the ball will be ejected or thrown out.

Having thus described our invention and the advantages thereof, we do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what we claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, a hollow tapered cone-like element having both ends open to form annuli, a handle having an end bore forming an annulus, the latter being in abutting relation to one annulus on the element, and separate means connecting said element and handle at the abutment, and extending thru both of said latter mentioned annuli.

2. In a device of the class described, a hollow tapered cone-like element, said element being open at its smaller end to form an end annulus, a generally cylindrical handle, a bore at one end of said handle, the axes of the bore and handle being coexistent to form an end annulus on said handle, said annuli being in abutting relation, and means to secure said annuli together, said means comprising a member extending thru said annuli and having a tapered portion fitting said conelike element.

3. In a device of the class described, a hollow cone open at both ends, the opening at one end forming an annulus, a cylindrical handle having an end bore forming an annulus, said annuli being in abutting relation, and a plug in said cone having a boss extending into said bore.

4. In a device of the class described, a hollow cone open at its end to form an annulus at that end, a cylindrical handle having a longitudinal bore at one end forming an annulus, and a plug in said cone extending out thru said cone annulus into the bore, there being a widened portion on said plug Within the cone.

5. In a device of the class described, a hollow cone open at both ends to form a large and a small end annulus, a cone-shaped plug in said cone having an extending boss, said plug being located adjacent the narrow annulus and arranged so as to fit said cone with said boss projecting thru the narrow annulus, a cylindrical handle, a cylindrical bore in one end of said handle forming an annulus of the same size as said narrow annulus, said narrow annulus and said handle annulus being in abutting relation, and said boss fitting and located in said bore.

PHILIP C. AU'REN. PHILIP FIERER. 

